VOA慢速英语:How Well Does Your Country Speak English?

短语讲解：

1. The report says Turkey’s emphasis on grammar and memorization discourages students.

emphasis on 强调
例句：We put more emphasis on modules and localization.
我们更多的强调了模和局部化。

2. They’ll need to significantly improve teacher quality and put a strong focus on a communicative approach, right?

focus on 致力于; 使聚焦于
例句：We must focus on increasing our home markets.
我们必须把注意力放在拓宽国内市场上。

3. Some of the money will be used to train 12,000 teachers and help pay for private English lessons for 40,000 professionals.

be used to 习惯于，适用于
例句：A stopwatch is used to obtain the optimum procedure.
秋表用来控制最佳工作进程。
pay for 赔偿; 为…付钱; 因…受罚[痛苦]
例句：I' ll give you double pay for working overtime.
你加班我付你双倍工钱。

4. In contrast to the rest of the world, English ability is going down in the Middle East and North Africa.

in contrast to 相比之下
例句：This is in contrast to previous policies.
这和先前的政策成对比。